Some knowledge about chiffon fabric

Chiffon fabric is a kind of light, transparent, soft and elegant textile among silk products.

Chiffon’s scientific name is “Georgette”. Georgette, also known as georgette crepe, is a kind of silk fabric woven with strong twist crepe warp and crepe weft.

According to the raw materials used, it can be divided into silk georgette, rayon Georgette, polyester Georgette and interwoven georgette.

Georgette has light and transparent texture, soft and elastic feel and light and elegant appearance, It has good air permeability and drapability, and is elegant and comfortable to wear.

Characteristics of chiffon fabric:

Chiffon is light, transparent, soft and elastic;

Light and elegant appearance, good air permeability and drapability;

Wearing elegant and comfortable clothes, it is elegant, charming, solemn and elegant;

Good wear resistance, not easy to pilling, stable size and not easy to fold;

Adopt environmental protection dyeing and anti-static processing;

Elegant and cool, very feminine, icing on the cake for women’s clothes.

Classification of chiffon fabric:

chiffon fabric is classified into silk chiffon and imitation silk chiffon;

Silk chiffon is made of 100% mulberry silk, which is good for people’s skin when worn for a long time.

It is cool, breathable and hygroscopic, which can not be achieved by imitation silk chiffon.

However, there are some aspects of silk chiffon fabric that can not catch up with imitation silk chiffon, such as: it is easy to turn gray and shallow after washing, it can not be exposed to the sun, it is troublesome to take care of, and its firmness is not good.

The general composition of imitation silk chiffon is 100% polyester, with texture characteristics: light, soft, good natural sag and good skin feeling.

However, imitation silk chiffon fabric is a purified fiber, which is not easy to fade after washing, is not afraid of exposure, is very convenient to take care of and has better firmness.

Identification of chiffon fabric

1.Cut a small piece of fabric and burn it with a lighter.

Real chiffon fabric: white smoke and the smell of burning hair.

The dried ash is broken and scattered. Fake chiffon fabric: if it is all aromatic (with sweet taste, because it is polyester) and does not break open, you can know the composition by touching it

2.Spread the samples horizontally and observe their appearance. The real silk has light absorption performance.

It looks smooth and can not afford the mirror. The luster is elegant and soft. It is Pearl bright.

It feels soft and elegant. The silk thread is dense. There will be wrinkles when grasping it by hand.

The higher the purity and density, the better the silk feeling. Although the simulated silk fabric has been de hardened, it feels soft, but it will feel greasy, Poor imitation silk feels bad after sweating.

The imitation silk surface is dark and has no pearl luster; The chemical fiber fabric is bright, dazzling and hard to handle.

Maintenance of chiffon fabric

1. Be careful not to get wet. If you get wet locally, simply soak and wash, and finally stretch and iron to avoid shrinkage. Drip dry naturally after washing. Do not twist it hard

2. Don’t hang the beaded dress in the wardrobe for a long time, otherwise the soft and loose Chiffon will sag and deform

3. Heavy decorative chiffon fabric is best placed flat in the wardrobe, so it is not easy to deform

4. The chiffon dress worn once cannot be put in the plastic pocket, preferably in the cloth pocket, which is breathable and will not be contaminated with dust

5. Chiffon clothes with sleeves should be hung with hangers, preferably made of cloth, or wrap both ends of the hangers with small towels, so that the sleeves will not deform. Spray perfume should pay attention to long distance. So as not to leave macula

6. If chiffon fabric clothes are stained with red wine or grease at the banquet, there are two tips to solve it

① First suck it with a paper towel, then find the bean flour or flour, dry the water on the surface, and then blow the powder gently, and the stain will be sucked away naturally

② It’s more effective to wipe away the stains with soda.